Stratolaunch has announced that their carrier plane, the largest ever built with a wingspan of 385 ft. (117 m), will have many vehicles to carry to launch altitude - including a space plane. -- Full Story: https://www.space.com/41548-stratolaunch-rocket-family-space-plane-revealed.html
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MOJAVE DESERT, CALIFORNIA — The world’s largest aircraft emerged from a hangar in the Mojave Desert, California at the end of May to begin fuel testing.
At 117 metres wide, the Stratolaunch plane is wider than a football field. The aircraft is designed to make air-rocket launches in low-Earth orbit conditions a routine commute.
It’s designed to carry spacebound rockets, with a payload of up to 275 tons, reports the Seattle Times. The Stratolaunch commences take off on a runway with a rocket attached to its belly. It was designed by Seattle-based firm Vulcan Aerospace.
According to the Seattle Times, the plane weighs around 250 tons with no payload. With fuel and a fully loaded rocket, the plane can fly with a maximum takeoff weight of 650 tons — around the same weight as an commercial Airbus A380 carrying 550 passengers.
The stratolaunch is manned by a three-person crew in the right fuselage, including a pilot, co-pilot and a flight engineer. The left fuselage cockpit is designed to remain empty and is unpressurized.
The rocket is released after the plane reaches 35,000 feet. The rocket then fires its own engine and travels toward its orbit.
The Stratolaunch airplane is expected to make its first launch in 2019.
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Stratolaunch Aircraft Makes First Rollout To Begin Fueling Tests

On May 31, 2017, Stratolaunch aircraft reached a major milestone in its journey toward providing convenient, reliable, and routine access to low Earth orbit. The crew moved the Stratolaunch aircraft out of the hangar – for the first time ever – to conduct aircraft fueling tests. This marked the completion of the initial aircraft construction phase and the beginning of the aircraft ground and flight testing phase. For more information, visit http://stratolaunch.com/

World’s biggest aeroplane revealed: Meet the "Stratolaunch"

The world's largest plane has been unveiled by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen after it left its hangar in the California desert for the first time.
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SEATTLE — Washington-based company Vulcan Aerospace announced that its Stratolaunch Systems, an air-launch platform for rockets, is close to completion.
According to Vulcan Aerospace’s website, the Stratolaunch has a wingspan of 385 ft and measures 238 ft in length. This six-engine aircraft is currently the world’s largest aircraft.
The aircraft is designed to carry rockets weighing up to 275 tons. It would take off with the rocket attached to its belly from a runway and release the rocket when it reaches 35,000 feet in the air. The rocket then fires its own engine and travel towards its orbit.
According to Financial Review, the company hopes to make air-rocket launch in the low-Earth orbit a routine commute through the use of the Stratolaunch System.
The Stratolaunch Systems is expected to be completed by the end of this year and is estimated to start commercial services before 2020.
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Stratolaunch System

Is this going to be a new space reality? Lots of money behind this project. Hey parkjet guys, new stuff at: http://www.RCPowers.com

Finished building my biggest flyable planes thus far. I wanted to try how far the concept of a stratolaunch system can really go and this was the result.
Capable of carrying 20t Payloads into a 400*400km orbit with just 5000m/s DeltaV (on 5x sized Kerbin)
Enjoy

“Stratolaunch” Soon To Be World's Largest Plane!! | Strange Tv

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In 2016, a large aircraft is expected to take flight, and it will officially be the largest plane in the world. That massive aircraft is known as the Stratolaunch. Have a look!!
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Stratolaunch, the world's largest plane, has started construction and hopes to begin test flights of its rocket launch system in 2016 before actual missions begin in 2018.
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The world's largest aircraft is under construct, built by Stratolaunch Systems and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. It will be used to launch rockets from 30,000 feet in the air, saving millions on fuel. It will also launch the Dream Chaser, the nest reusable spacecraft for flying to the International Space Station.
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Congressman Kevin McCarthy visits Statolaunch Systems at the Mojave Air & Space Port. Stratolaunch Systems aims to build the longest winged aircraft with a 385 foot span. To do that they need to build a hangar to accommodate the wings. SKUSD Attorney Sukhi K. Sandhu advises the distict to deny the proposed charter school. Eric Parker visits Rotary and shares with the Rotarians his desire to unseat Congressman Kevin McCarthy from his lofty position as a representative of his district's constituents.

David A. King, former Director of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

David A. King is a former Director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, a Stratolaunch board member, and Executive Vice President of Dynetics Inc.
In this video, he talks about the vision for Stratolaunch and the project's potential to affect the space business in a game-changing, fundamental way.
For more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_A._King
http://www.dynetics.com/
http://www.stratolaunch.com

Mike Griffin, former NASA Administrator, talks Stratolaunch

Mike Griffin is a former NASA Administrator (2005-2009), physicist, and aerospace engineer. He is also a board member of Stratolaunch Systems.
In this interview, Mr. Griffin talks about the difficulties of commercial space transportation and the ways in which Stratolaunch's model addresses them. He also talks about the excitement of being involved in the project.
For more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._Griffin
http://www.stratolaunch.com

Former NASA astronaut Jim Halsell on Stratolaunch

Jim Halsell is a retired NASA astronaut and US Air Force officer who now serves as Technical Director for Dynetics Inc. Dynetics will make the rocket/plane itegration system for Stratolaunch.
In this video Mr. Halsell, an eminent figure in space exploration and aviation himself, talks about working with Paul Allen and Burt Rutan on Stratolaunch Systems.
For more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_D._Halsell
http://www.dynetics.com/
http://www.stratolaunch.com

Burt Rutan talks about Stratolaunch

Burt Rutan is an aerospace engineer renowned for designing Voyager (the first plane to fly around the world without refueling) and the Paul Allen-funded SpaceShipOne (the first manned civilian craft in space). He is also the founder of Scaled Composites and a board member of Stratolaunch.
In this video, Mr. Rutan talks about Paul Allen's vision for Stratolaunch and the design choices for the system.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Rutan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceShipOne
http://www.scaled.com/
http://www.stratolaunch.com

http://AviationExplorer.com - A giant airplane that can launch a rocket carrying cargo and humans into orbit is the future of space travel, billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen said.
The first test flight of the ambitious venture by Allen's new company Stratolaunch Systems is not scheduled until 2015, but partners in the project vowed it would revolutionize orbital travel in the post-space shuttle era.
Using engines from six Boeing 747 jets, the biggest airliner ever built would tote a rocket made by SpaceX and be able to launch payloads, satellites, and some day, humans, into low-Earth orbit.
While he declined to say how much he was investing, Allen said it would be more than he spent on SpaceShipOne, which in 2004 was the first commercial craft to complete a suborbital flight and reportedly cost about $25 million to develop.
Designs for the massive jet with a wingspan greater than a football field, a collaboration with aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan who designed SpaceShipOne, are at an advanced stage and a hangar is under construction in the Mojave desert.
Talks are under way about potential take-off points, since the plane would need a 12,000 foot runway, available at larger airports and air force bases.
The aircraft would use six 747 engines, have a gross weight of more than 1.2 million pounds and a wingspan of more than 380 feet.
Advantages include the flexibility to launch from a larger number of locations, and potential cargo markets include the communications satellite industry, and NASA and Department of Defense unmanned scientific satellites.
The announcement adds a new company to the race to replace the US space shuttle by offering an alternative made by private industry for carrying humans to low-Earth orbit.
The end of the space shuttle after 30 years has left Russia as the sole nation capable of carrying astronauts to the International Space Station aboard its Soyuz spacecraft, at a cost per seat that will rise to $63 million in the coming years.
Three subcontractors on the project include Scaled Composites which is building the aircraft, SpaceX which is contributing a multi-stage booster rocket based on its Falcon 9, and Dynetics which is mating the aircraft to the booster.
The plane would take off and while in flight, deploy the rocket and send cargo into low-Earth orbit. The first test flight could take place in 2015, and the first launch could happen by 2016.

STRATOLAUNCH.....Where did they come from?!?!

Today I talk about the newest proposal by Paul Allen and Stratolaunch which combines airlaunch with a spacex rocket. to find out more visit: http://www.stratolaunch.com
Video courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center which can be found at: http://http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov

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Do black holes contain dark matter?

Black holes grow by accreting matter under gravity; so surely they should be able to accrete dark matter? So then is there loads of dark matter trapped inside black holes?
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Space Weather News | A Filament Sandwiched by Sunspots 03.20.2019

UPDATE: Part of the filament I talk about did erupt after I posted this video! We could have a part-Earth directed solar storm coming by the end of this week! Check my twitter feed for the latest on arrival time!
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This week we are coming down from a solar storm from some fast solar wind, but that doesn't mean the fun is over! We have two fast-growing sunspots on the Earth-facing Sun and they are sandwiching a filament that is growing more unstable by the day. If this filament erupts within the next day or so, we could have an Earth-directed solar storm! We are keeping a close watch on this to be sure. Also, one of the new sunspots may be showing signs of an influence of solar cycle 25. Just like the previous rogue sunspot we saw a few weeks ago, this new region has a dominant magnetic signature that runs north-south instead of east-west. Its too early to tell what the final polarity of this region will be, but if it continues this way, it will be yet another signal that solar cycle 25 is closer than we think! Learn the details of this filament sandwich, get the scoop on the two new sunspots that may cause its launch, and see what else our Sun has in store for us this week!
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